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Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal (Trykt i Sorø), 1773-76. 8vo. 7 samtidige ensartede hldrbd. Rygge med brugsspor. 2 kapitæler lidt beskadiget. Kobberstukne titelvignetter. Originaludgaven af Schyttes hovedværk, som er den første større sammenhængende fremstilling af de statsretlige, politiske og økonomiske forhold i Danmark. Schytte var stærkt påvirket af Montesquieu og af den tyske kameralist J.H.v. Justi. - Bibl. Danica I:1052 og II:485.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1769-76. 4to. Indbundet i 2 samtidige hellæderbind med spejl, ophøjede bind på rygge. Rig rygforgyldning (lidt svag). Titeletiketter mangler. Øvre kapitæler med lidt slid. kanter og hjørner lidt slidte. 2 store kobberstukne vignetter. (66),621,(1);(58),568,(40) pp. Indvendig ren. Originaludgaven af Danmark-Norges første retshistoriske værk.

London, Edward Stanford, 1905. (95 x 95,5 cm.). A large lithographed map of Brazil, lithographed in colours, original linen-backed and folded in 35 sections. Folded in the original cloth-case with the original printed title-label preserved. A fine copy.

Konstanz, Verlage des Verfassers, 1812. Small 8vo. Contemporary hcalf. Gilt spine. Tome-and titlelabel with gilt lettering. XII,348,(2 = Druckfehler) pp. and 5 large folded engraved plates. Some faint small brownspots to titlepage,otherwise fine and clean, printed on good paper. First, and only edition. - Waller 8501.

Berlin, Voss und Sohn und Decker und Sohn, 1788-89. 15 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to 2 spine-ends. Stamp on title-pages. Engraved title-vignette.

A la Haye, Henry Scheuleer, 1741. 8vo. Contemp. full speckled calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. Title-page in red/black. (42),290 pp. and 14 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. Fourth French edition of "Nieuwe Vestings-Bouw. 1685", a work which is the foundation for a large number of Dutch fortresses. - Poggendorff I:460. - Klaus Jordan, 748.

Leipzig, Junius, 1766. Contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettring. Gilt borders on covers. Engraved frontispiece. (8),LXXVIII,520 pp., 3 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. First German edition of Bonnet's "Contemplation de la nature" (1764). "Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." (DSB).

Gyldendalske Boghandel, København & Kristiania, 1906. 8vo. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale omslag i et pænt halvmaroquinbind med stregforgyldning og fem ophøjede bind på ryg. Ryg en smule falmet. En smule ubetydeligt slid ved ydre false. Med egenhændig dedikation fra Bang på fribladet: "Til dig, min Ven, / hvem jeg aldrig / kan faa takket. / 1.12.1906. / Herman." Ren og pæn indvendig. Et særdeles nydeligt eksemplar af originaludgaven af et af Bangs absolutte hovedværker - og i det hele taget et hovedværk i dansk litteratur - med egenhændig, uadresseret dedikation.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1809 - Part I. Pp. 39-104 and 1 engraved plate showing some of the apparatus used in his electrochemical researches. Fine and clean. First appearance of this importent paper in the history of chemistry.In this paper "he tried one hypthesis after another to account for the ultimate constitution of matter and for the nature of acidity. He believed that the simplicity and harmony of nature demanded that there be very few ultimately distinct forms of matter; itis ironical that one who held that that the chemical elements were probably all compounds should have been such a frequent discoverer of new elements. Davy was particularlu confused by ammonium amalgam, a pasty material produced when ammonium salts are electrolyzed with a mercury cathode..."(DSB III, p. 602).- Partington IV, pp. 49 ff.

Paris, Paulin etc., 1859. Folio-oblong. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Light wear to spine. Stamp on titlepage. 66 maps, 1 folded and coloured. Plates clean and fine.

(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1841). 8vo. No wrappers. In: "Scientific Memoirs, selected from Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science... Edited by Richard Taylor.", Vol. II, Part I. Pp. 1-140 and 10, mostly large folded lithographed plates. Gauss a. Weber's memoir: pp. 20-97 with 9 plates (The Magnetic Observatory, Göttingen, Plan of the arrangement of instruments, Drawings of the instruments used and Tables of Observation results). "Much care has been taken to make the plates... faithful copies of the originals. It has been thought necessary to republish the plates" (note at end of the memoir). First English edition of the first published papers from the famous "Des Magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836" for the study of the magnetism of the earth."Gauss, one of the keenest and most original mathematical thinkers of all time, was joined by Weber for an intensive study of the nature and intensity of the earth's magnetism.. To enlist the observational help of others, they formed a society of international scope and published their observations annually for a dozen years. As part of their work, a telegraph line was erected in 1834 between the iron-free magnetic observatory and astronomical observatory at Göttingen."(Dibner, Heralds of Science No. 66)."Gauss and Weber organized the Magnetische Verein (The Magnetic Association, mentioned in the title), which united a worldwide network of observatories. Its Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins appeared in six volumes (1836-1841) and included fifteen papers by Gauss, twenty-three by Weber, and the joint Atlas des Erdmagnetismus (1840). These and other publications elsewhere dealt with problems of instrumentation (including one of several inventions of the bifilar magnetometer), reported observations of the horizontal and vertical components of magnetic force, and attempted to explain the observations in mathematical terms."(DSB).The offered part contains another importent paper by M.H. JACOBI "Electro-Magnetic Experiments", pp. 1-19 and 1 plate which is the first English translation of his importent paper "Expéeriences électromagnétiques," in Bulletin de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 2 (1837), describingone of the first practical electrical motors.

Kjøbenhavn, Høpffner, 1739. Samtidigt hellæderbind. Rygforgyldning (svag). Titelfeltet med slidt guldtryk. Slid i nederste rygfelt. Træskåren frontispiece. (30),732,(8) pp. Lidt svage spredte brunpletter, men ganske velbevaret. Dette er det første tryk af Peder Syv i 1700-tallet. Eksemplaret i KB mangler den træskårne frontispiece. Bibl.Danica IV:192.

Tübingen, Cotta, 1808. Uncut in original blue, blank wrappers. Stamp on title-page. 69 pp. A few margins with faint brownspots. First edition. A few copies printed 1775 were for private use ("mais le Roi ne l'a communiqué qu'à peu de personnes").

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1808. Unbound, but stitched. XL,140 pp. First German edition. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...Hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann. 33. Bd.:2 Theil).

Paris, Louis Cellot and London (the last 2 vols.), 1768. Bound in 7 cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs and gilt borders on covers. Title-and tomelabels in red and green (2 of these repaired without lettering). Backs slightly rubbed. Some repairs to hinges. Engraved portrait and 11 engraved plates after Gravelot.

Paris, Victor Masson et Fils, Imprimerie Gauthier-Villars, 1865. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 4e Series - Tome VI. 512 pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. (The entire volume offered). Berthelot's papers: pp. 292-328, 329-441 a. pp. 442-464. Clean and fine. First appearance of the three importent papers in which Berthelot founded the science of thermochemistry."Bertholet enunciated the principle that the heat evolved or absorbed in a chemical change depends only on the initial and final states of the reactants and products, provided no external work is done. This is Bertholet's second principle analogous to Hess's law of constant heat summation. He based this principle on the assumption of an equivalence between internal work (le travail moleculaire) and heat changes in a chemical reaction (Bertholet's first principle)."(DSB II, p.69.)."In the 1860s Berthelot was done with synthesis and turned to thermochemistry, the study of the heat of chemical reactions. In some of his work he had unknowingly been anticipated by Hess, but he went much further. He devised a calorimeter within which he could measure the heat of chemical reactions and ran hundreds of determinations. This work along with that being conducted by Thomson threw the science of thermochemistry into high gear."(Asimov).

Franckfurt, Möller, 1748. 4to. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. A few small wormholes to spine and parts of the marbled paper on the boards worn off. Internally very nice and clean. (16), 1104, (84) pp. Second expanded edition of Schmucker’s extensive work on the passion of Christ.

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 12. Pp. 310-318 a. pp. 385-395. First German edition of both papers, constituting the first 2 papers in his "Experimental Essays on the constitution of mixed gases...." (1802) in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.The publication of these papers gave him at once international reputation they tried to explain why the gases of the atmosphere remain mixed instead of segregating with the heaviest element at the bottom, it states that the maximum density of a vapour in contact with its liquid remains the same whether other gases be present or not and the vies that the particles of everykind of elastic fluid are elastic only with regard to their own kind, and that the total pressure of the atmosphere equals the sum of the pressures exerted by the individual gases, each of which excerts its pressure independently of the others. This was the first step toward his atomic theory of in chemistry.

Lyon, J. Frellon, 1550. Folio (350 x 235 mm). In contemporary limp vellum. Title in contemporary hand to spine and front edge. Binding soiled and with stains. Inner hinges split. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to spine. With a few dampstains thoroughout. 4 ff., 1526 collumns, 16 ff. Wanting the blanks. Later edition of Bude’s influential Greek-Latin dictionary.

Lund, leipzig, Gleerup, Harrassowitz, 1906-29. Indbundet i 5 smukke private hldrbd. Ca. 2250 pp. helt frisk eksemplar.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Waltherischen Buchh., 1764. 8vo. Cont. blank boards with old rebacking. Large uncut copy. A faint waterstain in outher margins on the first ab. 10 leaves. 48,718 pp. A few scattered brownspots, but fine. First German edition of Astruc's famous work on venereal diseases originally written i latin as "De morbis venereis..." 1736. The German edition having the importent "Anhang", first published in the third French edition, on chinese Medicine and terminology "Von der Beschaffenheit der Venusseuche in China,; derselben Benennung, Zufälle und Kurirart.""Considering the period in which is was written, this is an admirable and comprehensive book on the subject. It includes a useful review of the existing literature. Of Syphilis, Astruc says that it made its appearance in 1493." (Garrison & Morton No 5195). - Not in Waller and not in Wellcome.

Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1802. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. XIV,472 pp. and 2 engraved plates. Internally clean and fine. First German edition of "Voyage dans la haute Pensylvanie et dans l'Etat de New-York; par un membre adoptrif de la Nation Onéïda. Paris, 1801." (Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. 23. Band). Also having the series-titlepage, this with a stamp. - Sabin: 17502.

Halle, Renger 1724. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum, title in contemporary hand to spine. Ex-libris (Carl Juel, Danish statesman and owner of Valdemar's Castle) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding soiled and with some marks and spots. Internally fine and clean. (10), 725, (1) pp. + frontispiece and 38 plates (out of 44?) Second edition of Wolff's work on the mathematical disciplines of geometry and trigonometry, in part the work also deals with astronomy, optics and aerometry.

Paris, (Chardon), 1782. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Broad gilt borders on covers. Stamp on title-page. On good paper. (4),VIII,218 pp., 3 large engraved vignettes with battle-scenes. Internally clean and fine.

Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), Franciscum Hegerum, 1640. 12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Some traces of use to binding. Small stamp on title. Engraved title. (22),752,(30) pp.(incl. Errata). Greek and Latin text. This novel by Achilles (second cent. A.D.) "The Adventures of Leucippe and Cleitophon follows the usual patterns of the genre (a much hindered love - between two protagonists - triumphs in the end over numberless difficulties, terrifying dangers, and complicated adventures - voyages, shipwrecks, tortures, guiles, abductions, attacks by pirates and robbers etc.); the story is told - this is unusual in the genre - in the first person by Cleitophon himself, whom Achilles pretends to have met in Sidon. The authors style is typically Atticistic.." (Oxf. Class. Dict.). - Brunet I: p.37 - Graesse I: p.13 "Cette jolie edition, qui se joint à la collection des Elzeviers, et qui est complète et fait d'apres plusieurs manuscrits, a beaucoup de fantes d'impressionn." - Willems No 1611.